And, I have cast on a blanket (reverse pinwheel). Which I actually brought yarn for. To try to justify buying yarn, well it was on offer...

Knitting blankets in this heat summer seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do! Although I have some way to go before this blanket is covering my lap. I've just realised when uploading these photos that I seem to be having a purple knitting phase, this is not necessarily intentional! In between the knitting, I also cycled up to Loch Lomond to have a very well deserved ice-cream.

Where this black headed gull (that really has a chocolate coloured head) very kindly posed for me.

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

There is currently a project aiming to create a mile of knitted mice to raise money for the Alzheimer's society.

You can find out more about the project on ravelry and facebook. I've made ten for the cause.

As you can see, Mark the guinea pig was pretty unimpressed. We are currently having a spell of glorious sunshine here in the UK. Which is perfect for using my new sunglasses case, made by the very talented blupaisan as part of a Craftster swap.

Plus it is great weather for a cycle, and a chance to show off my new bike basket!

PS) These cute seagull chicks are on the roof opposite, they are getting bigger and stronger (and nosier) every day, and are sure to fledge soon!

Friday, 5 July 2013

Cat cards galore for blupaisan as part of the June Birthday swap on Craftster. I especially like the collage cats sitting in the windowsill looking at the birds. I always knew there was a reason why I keep scraps of paper!

Sunday, 16 June 2013

I hadn't swapped for a while, and when I saw a crafted notecard swap on Craftster, I knew that would be a great stashbust. It was a good challenge to try to create cards to match the themes given, and good fun to use some techniques I've not used in a while. For gala_apples I made the following: